Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cake Bites

A long time ago I learned a recipe for a fruity angel food cake. It was an easy low-calorie dessert that we used to eat all the time. I decided to make it today and put a new little spin on it!

The basic recipe calls for a box of angel food cake mix and a can of pie filling (fruit of your choice). I thought it would be neat to take strawberry pie filling and add some chocolate chips to the batter. This would make it like a chocolate covered strawberry.

If you don't like strawberry, you could use apple, blueberry, blackberry, peaches (chopped up), or cherries! The options are endless!

Enjoy!

-Simply a Girl and Her Home

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cake Bites

Ingredients:

1 box angel food cake mix
1 can pie filling, of your choice
1 bag chocolate chunks

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Beat together pie filling and angel food cake mix until light and fluffy.
3. Slowly mix in the chocolate chunks.
4. Scoop batter into cupcake pan. Bake for 20 minutes or until toothpick clean.
5. Let cool before removing from pan.
6. Enjoy!

A Southern Family Dessert

Being a southern girl and raised in the South, we love our traditions and family recipes. Since we are staying at our house in North Carolina, there is a lot of fresh produce, mostly locally grown.  Yesterday we were able to pick up some great peaches and so I knew that my Pop-Pop’s homemade peach cobbler was in the plan. I feel like peach cobbler is one of the southern traditional, comfort desserts.
My Pop-Pop makes so many wonderful things from scratch and peach cobbler just happens to be one of my favorite ones!  This is such an easy recipe and one that you make your own! The recipe calls for fruit of any kind, so you can make blueberry, peach, apple, cherry, or whatever you want!
This cobbler recipe is one that you can make and have with a nice scoop of ice cream! Another really nice thing about this recipe is that you can save any leftovers and refrigerate for at least a couple of days.  Just take out however much you want, throw it in the microwave for a few seconds and you have got a really nice dessert.  My Pop-Pop’s Peach Cobbler recipe is one that will definitely continue to be passed down.

Enjoy y’all!
-Simply a Girl and Her Home 

Southern Fruit Cobbler

(From: My Pop-Pop)

The Final Peach Cobbler

Filling:

 3 cups of fresh fruit

1/3 cup sugar

1/3 tsp. cinnamon

2 tbsp self-rising flour

Topping

1 cup self rising flour

2 tbsp sugar

dash cinnamon

1 egg

3 tbsp milk

1/3 cup oil

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

2. Make the filling by mixing sugar, flour and cinnamon. Also, cut your fruit of choice into medium size slices or cubes.

3. Sprinkle mixture over fruit in casserole dish.

4. Take 2 tbsp of butter and dot the top of mixture.

5. Make the topping mix and spoon on top of the fruit. 

6. Sprinkle sugar and a little bit of cinnamon on top.

7. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.

Easy Yummy Cinnamon Rolls

I'm sure everyone has those mornings where you want to fix something for breakfast but don't want to spend the entire morning making it.  This morning was one of those... So I got up and fixed a cup of coffee (of course). I ventured into my fridge and found that I had a tube of crescent rolls. Then an idea popped into my head... "I could make cinnamon rolls using the crescent rolls and it wouldn't take forever."

I grabbed some cinnamon, sugar, butter and created the most amazing little cinnamon roll bites ever!
You could have so much fun with these! You could add: raisins, apple bits, walnuts, almonds, or even chocolate chips!!

Like always if you try something new or different, let me know! I am always looking for new ideas to try!

Enjoy!

-Simply a Girl and Her Home

Easy Yummy Cinnamon Rolls with Icing

Ingredients:

Cinnamon Rolls:

1 tube of crescent rolls

Cinnamon 

Sugar

1 tbs butter, melted

Icing:

water

powdered sugar

Directions:

1. Pre heat oven to 375°.

2. Roll out crescent roll dough on to a small sheet of parchment paper.

3. Sprinkle brush with small amount of melted butter and sprinkle with the cinnamon and sugar. 

4. Roll up the sheet of crescent dough pretty tight. 

5. Slice rolls about 1" or to personal preference.

6. Lay on a cookie sheet and brush with the remaining butter.

7. Bake for 10-15 min or until golden brown.

8. While baking, mix together some powder sugar and water to make the icing. 

9. After the rolls finish baking, while still warm, drizzle icing over the top of the rolls.

10. Enjoy!! 

To-Go Salads in a Jar

Spring has sprung and time to start thinking about summer time. Some of us are thinking about working on getting that summer body, the summer cruise you are going on and others just want to enjoy the warm sun. So whether you are going to the beach or just taking a lunch with you to the park, here is a simple and fun way to eat healthy on the go.

I saw this idea on Pinterest and decided to try it out. This week is going to be one of the craziest weeks (working 60+ hours) and I needed something quick and easy to do for dinner. Last night I took: baby sweet peppers, onion, eggs, cheese, cucumber, lettuce and made my own salad in a jar. I left enough room on the top to add some salad dressing and shake it to mix it up.

You can add whatever you want and however much you want. So mix it up: try new veggies, or toppings. Let me know what you try because I want to be able to try them with you!

Enjoy!

-Simply A Girl and Her Home

To-Go Salads in a Jar

Lettuce

Veggies of your choice

Cheese of your choice

Salad Dressing

Pint Size Mason Jar with lid

1. Place veggies in the bottom of the jar. 

2. Place the lettuce on top of the veggies.

3. Top with cheese of choice.

4. Add salad dressing when ready to eat. Enjoy! 

** The salads should be able to last about a week in the refrigerator**